JSSISI: 1847 to 1849, Vol. I Transactions of the Dublin Statistical Societyhttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/8719

2017-09-26T21:34:42ZVol.I Session I: Preminary pages & list of membershttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/9298
Vol.I Session I: Preminary pages & list of members
Dublin Statistical Society
1849-01-01T00:00:00ZThoughts on reading the Hon. John P. Vereker's paper on absenteeismhttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/7780
Thoughts on reading the Hon. John P. Vereker's paper on absenteeism
Shackleton, Ebenezer
Even if we grant that Absenteeism is an evil, in an economical
sense, what then? How would you cure it, without interfering
with personal freedom? Who do you call an absentee? Is it
the man who derives rent from one part of the kingdom, and spends
it in another?from Ireland, for instance, to spend it in England?
Mr. Vereker speaks of this man as an absentee. Might he not as
well call the landlord of an estate in Munster, who reside in
Leinster, an absentee??or even closer?in the adjoining county,
or parish? Again, it is said that money spent in the country must do good,
and augment its wealth, either directly or indirectly.
It might be better for a tenantry
that a landlord should spend his rents in the gambling houses at
Baden-baden. Such a thing is possible, and in point of fact, the
tenantry of absentees are more thriving than are the tenantry of
some resident proprietors.
Read March 18th 1850
1851-01-01T00:00:00ZAn economic consideration of the Irish judgment - actshttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/7739
An economic consideration of the Irish judgment - acts
Vereker, John P.
It has frequently been asked, Why have the landlords of Ireland
so deeply encumbered their estates? and why do they not
now, by a sale of a portion of their property, release the remainder
from their creditors? The last question has already been
partly answered by the able papers read before this society, by
Professor Hancock and Dr. Longfield, upon "the legal difficulties
that impede the transfer and sale of landed property" in this
country; but as I feel it would be quite impossible for me, in the
short time during which I intend to trespass upon your indulgence,
to give anything even approaching to a satisfactory answer
to the remainder of these questions, I propose to confine myself
altogether, in this paper to the economic effects of the judgment acts
as they exist in Ireland.
Read March 19th 1849
1849-01-01T00:00:00ZOn the economic levying and application of Irish poor-ratehttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/7726
On the economic levying and application of Irish poor-rate
MacFarlane, Henry James
As I am not aware that the Irish poor law has been directly
submitted to the consideration of this society, I would take a hasty
glance at its common history and general working throughout the
United Kingdom, before alluding to its introduction to this country,
and considering what mode more economic than the present
might be adopted in levying funds for poor law purposes; in order
to impress upon all classes how closely identified are their mutual
interests, and by encouraging the good agriculturist, so raise up
and increase the demand for labour, as to improve the condition of
the labourer.
Read March 19th 1849
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